Bifocal or multifocal lens



T. B. DRESCHER.

BIFOCAL 0R MULTFOCA'L LENS. APPLICATION FILED Nov.25,-192|.

mmm?,

Patented; Apr. 25, 1.922,

crampons is. Bessemer., or

Roonns'rEmn'nw Yoan',

GPTXCL CGMPNY, 0F ROGHESTER, NEW YDBCK, CR'PQMTIN OB NEW YGRK.

BIFQCAL 0R MULTIEOCAL LENS.

Application lea November 25, 1921.

To all fwom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, THEoDoRE B. DRES- cHEn, of Rochester, in and State of New York', have invented cer tain new and useful Improvements in Bifecal orV Multifocal Lenses; and I do hereby declare the following to he a full, olea-r, and exact description of the same, reference -heing had `to the accompanying drawings, forming the reference numerals marked thereonr My present invention relates to bifocal and multifocal ophthalmic lenses and has for its object to provide such a lens that is neat in appearance. Heretofore in bifocal and multifocal lenses and particularly bifocal lenses, the-line of division between the near vision area andthe far vision area has either been marked by a ledge in Which dirt or foreign matter is liable to lodge and thus render the glasses unsightly, or else the two surfaces' Connor Patent No.

are merged as in the objection to lenses 982,965. The principal of the lastl mentioned form is the expense of grinding and polishing to produce a line which is practically invisible, andthe object of my present invention is to provide'a bifocal or multifocal lens which may be eeonomically ground and polished to form the distant and near vision areas, and at the same time avoid the objections to lenses of the character first mentioned which are more /chcaply produced but embody a Well defined ledge or shoulder.

ln the accompanying drawings:

embodying my improvements;

Figure 2 is a sectional View on the line .r--rf of Figure l.

Figure 3 is a sectional view on the line v/-e/ of Figure 1, and

Figure 4 is a sec-tional view through a lens and the tool for grinding the near vision- Specification of Letters Patent.

the county of ltlf'mroe vision, and subsequently the y These led ges a part ot' this'speeiication and to,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a lens tion in the usual manner Patented Apr. 25, @52%. serial no. 517,417?.

l of this character are usually formed by first grinding and polishing the area Afor distant reading area is ground and polished leaving on the curved line between are of gradually increasing depth or height toward the lower and outer sides of the lens and are objectionable in that they collect dirt and cannot be readily cleansed. According 4to my4 invention 'lf grind of? and polish these ridges from the level of the major surface to that of the minor surface but upon a spherical curve preferably of the same dioptric as one of the areas, thus producing the surfaces indicated by 4 which are wider at the edges of the lens and by reason of the monoeentric @han a ledge formed the two areas..

acter of the lens vanish or merge into the y surfaces of both areas before reaching the Vcenter. The surfaces thus formed of course vary in Width according to the difference in the dioptric curves of the major and minor areas and in the form shown represent perhaps an extreme width, but inpractice I find that they do not materially interfere with the vision of the wearer While the lens as a whole is materially ance over lenses having a sharp ledge.

The surface l is spherieally ground and is of approximatel f the same dioptric curve as the distant vision area and the operation of grinding and polishing may he accomplished by the same tools and simultaneously with the grinding of the minor'area as shown in Figure 4, the outer edge of the grinding tool 5 employed for grinding this surface being beveled or rounded to produce the proper curve.

The tool for grinding be an ordinary beveled edge 6 is formed to produce the eX- act 'curve required for the intermediate surface 4, but if a. ring tool is employed for the purpose `and the curve of the reading area is determined by incliningthe axis of revoluthe curvature of the edge G bears a definite relation to the inclination oi' hcja-Xis ot the tool to produce the proper curve for thesurface 4.

The surface and the edges of the portion il: are polished by the Same tools that are used to polish the reading area in the usual way.

.l claim as my invention: l

l. An ophthalmic lens consisting of a sinthe minor area may improved in appearsolid hip in which event theA lillilA on :i spherical curve.

gie crystal and Comprising 'a plurality of fields on the Surface of dii'srent dioptrics for distant and near vision, th@ line of joindei' between two adjacent fields being mmed 2. An ophthalmic lens consisting oi a singl@ crystal und comprising a, plurality of fields on one su'fsice of different dioptl'ics foi' distant and maar vision? the line of join- 1Q deiu between two adjacent fields being formed Gn a Spherial Curve cori'espondingwith that of one of the fields.

8. An ophthalmic lens' consisting of a sin- I a spherical curve corresponding with that of ons of the fields.

THEQDORE B. DRESCHER. 

